Article Information
- Received January 14, 2012
- Revision received May 2, 2012
- Accepted May 8, 2012
- First published June 20, 2012.
- Version of record published June 20, 2012.
Author Information
- Tara L. Martinez1,3,*,
- Lingling Kong1,*,
- Xueyong Wang4,
- Melissa A. Osborne5,
- Melissa E. Crowder1,
- James P. Van Meerbeke1,
- Xixi Xu1,
- Crystal Davis5,
- Joe Wooley1,
- David J. Goldhamer6,
- Cathleen M. Lutz5,
- Mark M. Rich4, and
- Charlotte J. Sumner1,2
- 1Departments of Neurology and
- 2Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205,
- 3W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205,
- 4Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435,
- 5The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609, and
- 6Center for Regenerative Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269
Author contributions
Author contributions: T.L.M., L.K., M.A.O., D.J.G., C.M.L., M.M.R., and C.J.S. designed research; T.L.M., L.K., X.W., M.A.O., M.E.C., J.P.V.M., X.X., C.D., J.W., and M.M.R. performed research; T.L.M., L.K., X.W., M.A.O., J.P.V.M., M.M.R., and C.J.S. analyzed data; T.L.M., L.K., M.M.R., and C.J.S. wrote the paper.
↵*T.L.M. and L.K. contributed equally to this work.
Disclosures
- Received January 14, 2012.
- Revision received May 2, 2012.
- Accepted May 8, 2012.
C.J.S. was supported by NINDS Grant R01NS062869, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Physician Scientist Award, and the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Research Team. M.M.R. was supported by NINDS Grant P01NS057228. D.J.G. was supported by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Grant R01AR052777. Funding for the work at Jackson Laboratory was supported by the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation. We thank Francisco Alvarez for advice regarding EM, John Thorndyke, Heloisa Carvalho, Lauren Wu, Diana Villanueva, Emily Bergbower, Kristen Klepac, and Emmanuel Ohuabunwa for technical help, and Carol Cooke and Michael McCaffery for EM assistance.
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Charlotte J. Sumner, 855 North Wolfe Street, Rangos 248, Baltimore, MD 21287. csumner1{at}jhmi.edu
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